I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.
Perhaps this is what Henry James meant when he talked about the “irresponsibility” of characters. Characters are irresponsible, art is irresponsible when compared to life, because it is first and foremost important that a character be real, and a...
Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.
When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
I'm not any more moral than my neighbors.
To be moral, an act must be free.
morality... comes at a price.
Thanksgiving, our eminent moral holiday, doesn't have much for children. At its heart are conversation, food, drink, and fellowship - all perks of adulthood.
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
I don't have a moral plan, I'm a Canadian.
What I do believe in is the moral code of Christianity.
Democracy without morality is impossible.
I do not value religion chiefly for its morality.
Compassion is the basis of all morality
Politics have no relation to morals.
Morality is contraband in war.
In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies like The Shining. You had a connection to the characters in that film.
I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation.
I definitely have character arcs in mind for each character unless I kill them.
No, I feel like my personality probably influenced the character, more than the character influenced me.
